Hat-pin guard.



R. MEYER.

HAT PIN GUARD.

urmonxon FILED 211.23, 1911.

Patented Jan. 16, 1912.

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HAT-PIN GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Jan. 16,1912.

Application filed February 23, 1911. Serial No. 610,178.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH IVIEYER, a citizen of the United States, andresiding at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pin Guards, ofwhich the following is a specification, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hat pins and particularly to guards for thepoints of pins of this class, and the object of the invention is toprovide and improve a guard of this class and for this purpose which isinexpensive in construction and simple in operation and which can beconveniently used for the purpose specified and with these and otherobjects in view the invention consists of a point guard for hat pinsconstructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of whichthe accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of myinvention are designated by suitable reference characters in each of theveiws, and in which Figure 1 is a side view of the hat pin point guardmade according to my invention Fig. 2 a longitudinal sectional view onan enlarged scale of the device as shown in Fig. 1 and also showing themethod of its use Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing amodification ;Fig. 4L a sectional view similar to Fig. 2 but showinganother modification but not showing the operation; and; Fig. 5 a viewsimilar to Fig. 4; but showing the operation of the device.

In the practice of my invention I provide a hat pin point guard at whichconsists of a helically coiled device formed from elastic spring wireand which is slightly curved in its normal state as shown in Fig. 1, andthe helical coil is tapered from one end to the other, or from themiddle portion therof toward one end, and the larger end thereof is openas is shown at a in Fig. 2, and the smaller end thereof is closed orapproxi mately so as shown at a and the smaller end is also preferablyprovided with a knob or head a In the operation of this device a pin 6is passed through a hat in the usual manner and the guard is then forcedon over the pointed end of the pin as shown in Fig. 2, or the pointedend of the pin is forced into the guard. In this operation the guard isstraightened out as shown in. Fig. 2 and the separate coils thereofsecurely grasp and hold the pointed end of the pin and the guard willremain securely attached to or connected with the pin until it isforcibly removed.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modification in which the smaller end of theguard is provided with an ornamental stone, knob or head 0 held in awire cage 0 formed from the wire from which the guard itself is formed,or from a separate wire connected with the smaller end of the guard andthe operation of this form of construction will be the same as thatshown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In Fig. 4 I have shown another modification in which the helical coil ais inserted in a tube or sleeve 0, one end of which is open and theother end of which is provided with an ornamental head 0 of any desiredform,

construction or ornamentation. In this form of construction the tube orsleeve 0 is preferably provided, adjacent to its open end a with anaperture 0* through which one end of the wire from which the guard isformed, and said tube or sleeve is also provided at its closed end withanother aperture through which the other end of said wire is passed andwhich construction securely holds the guard or the helical coil withinsaid tube or sleeve, and when in practice the pointed end of thepin b isinserted in this device as shown in Fig. 5, and this operationstraightens out the coil which forms the guard proper, as clearly shownin said figure and the operation of attaching and detaching the guardwill be the same as with the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the chief feature ofmy invention is in the helical coil tapered at one end and variouschanges in and other modifications of the construction herein shown anddescribed may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A pin point guard consisting of a longitudinally curved helicalspring coil, one end portion of which is tapered.

2. A pin point guard, consisting of a longitudinally curved helicalspring coil, one

end of which is tapered and a tube or sleeve as my invention I havesigned my name in 1n which said 0011 1s secured, said tube or presenceof the subscriblng wltnesses this 10 sleeve being open at one end andthe other 18th day of February 1911.

1eEZLidthereOf being provided with a knob or RUDOLPH MEYER.

3. A pin point guard, consisting of a lon- Witnesses:

gitudinally curved helical spring coil. C. E. MULREANY,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing F. G. AT LEE.

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Washington, D. C.

